The first table below looks at the demand for SQL Server 2008 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SQL Server 2008 over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Database & Business Intelligence category for the Dorset region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Rank 29 28 37
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +9
Contract jobs citing SQL Server 2008 3 3 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 1.429% 1.115% 1.538%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 6.000% 8.571% 9.804%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 3
Average daily rate £220 £350 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-37.14% +11.11%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £313
% change year-on-year
- +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £31.00
% change year-on-year
- +4.83%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
50 35 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 23.81% 13.01% 15.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 19 25
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £350 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £467
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £333 £335
% change year-on-year
-0.75% -0.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £25.75 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SQL Server 2008
South West

SQL Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Dorset SQL Server 2008 Jobs Demand Trend

SQL Server 2008
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SQL Server 2008 across the Dorset region.

Dorset SQL Server 2008 Daily Rate Trend

SQL Server 2008
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SQL Server 2008 within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bournemouth - 2 - -
SQL Server 2008
South West

SQL Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset region citing SQL Server 2008 also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SQL Server 2008.

1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (57.14%) SharePoint
2 4 (57.14%) SharePoint 2010
3 3 (42.86%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (42.86%) SQL
4 2 (28.57%) HTML
4 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
4 2 (28.57%) .NET
4 2 (28.57%) MS Project
4 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET
4 2 (28.57%) CSS
4 2 (28.57%) Web Services
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 2 (28.57%) MS Project Server
4 2 (28.57%) jQuery
5 1 (14.29%) Google Maps API
5 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET 2.0
5 1 (14.29%) Sitecore
5 1 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (14.29%) REST
5 1 (14.29%) WCF
5 1 (14.29%) Oracle 11g
5 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (14.29%) Content Management
5 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (14.29%) Ajax
5 1 (14.29%) Google
5 1 (14.29%) C#
5 1 (14.29%) Oracle 10g

SQL Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset region citing SQL Server 2008 also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SQL Server 2008. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (28.57%) HTML
1 2 (28.57%) .NET
1 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET
1 2 (28.57%) CSS
1 2 (28.57%) Web Services
1 2 (28.57%) jQuery
2 1 (14.29%) Google Maps API
2 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET 2.0
2 1 (14.29%) REST
2 1 (14.29%) WCF
2 1 (14.29%) Ajax
2 1 (14.29%) XML
2 1 (14.29%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 4 (57.14%) SharePoint
1 4 (57.14%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (28.57%) MS Project Server
3 1 (14.29%) CMS
3 1 (14.29%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (14.29%) OLTP
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (14.29%) Subversion
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Forms
1 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio
1 1 (14.29%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Consultant
2 3 (42.86%) SharePoint Consultant
3 2 (28.57%) Developer
4 1 (14.29%) DBA
4 1 (14.29%) .NET Developer
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) UNIX
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (14.29%) Content Management
1 1 (14.29%) ETL
1 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (14.29%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 1 (14.29%) C#
3 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Sitecore
2 1 (14.29%) Google
2 1 (14.29%) Alterian
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle
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